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Episode 70 - Crossover Thursday with Daily Wolves!
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For Crossover Thursday this week Rob & Tom joined up with Will from Daily Wolves to preview Town's must win clash at Molineux on Saturday. The lads compare the surprisingly similar campaigns the two sides have had so far, discuss leaky defences and share their predictions for the game.
The Daily Ipswich Podcast, part of the Global Sports Podcast Network, is the home of all your ITFC. Join us every weekday for the latest news, build-up and reaction in the club's first season back in the Premier League.
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00:00:06
Speaker
sports podcast network Hello everybody, it's Will from Daily Wars and today is our crossover episode with Ipswich and I'm joined by Rob. Rob, hello. Alright mate, how are you doing? Yeah, not too bad. Thanks, not too bad. And also Tom from Ipswich as well. Tom, how are we? I'm good of mate, I'm good. yeah Excited to get looking at today to Saturday's game. you know It's a big one for both of us, isn't it?
00:00:31
Speaker
yeah i mean to be honest it feels like i don't know about you guys but we've been saying it's a big one about every game the past sort of couple of weeks every game feels like a you know six pointer if you like but yeah so to kick us off with i just wanted to ask you guys obviously as a newly promoted team and we've been there just you know five six years ago coming up from the championship How have you found you know your you'll start to the Premier League season? Obviously a difficult one, but you know just in terms of the level of football and how how you think your squad has adapted, is there anything like specifically that you've noticed different at all? Just the quality is higher, to be honest. to be honest this we always sort of Back in the last year when we were looking at promotions, still thinking I would probably fall away at some point and we would
00:01:26
Speaker
letting ourselves get excited, but not over the top. We always said that the sort of football we played in the championship, we wouldn't get away with in the Premier League, so someone would have to give. And then it hasn't really given, and we aren't getting away with it. Some of the goals, we some of the mistakes we make at the back are the sort of things that, ah so one that stands out to me, I think someones some of the games we have now this season, where we've given a couple of poor goals away, obviously most recently with Muirich's error against Bournemouth,
00:01:56
Speaker
I think back to Rotherham last year, we won that game 4-3, but one of the goals we gave away in that game was exactly like we've messed about at the back all game and somehow we only considered once from it. We should have been 2 or 3, but like it was Rotherham at home in that time. So we got away with it and got a result. And then now i now we don't we don't get away with it.
00:02:16
Speaker
Well, I was going to say that messing about at the back is something that we are, oh, so familiar with here at Daily Wolves. I think we've conceded the most out of any team in the in the league this year. So yeah, it's familiar, familiar territory. And mean, as you mentioned, you just, you have to be so much more clinical, I suppose. this level. But you guys, you know, you spoke about just there how you thought that the football you're playing in the championship, you won't be able to get away within the pen. But from as far as I'm aware, and Tom, I don't know if you'll be able to tell me any different, but the general consensus around Ipswich is, you know, nobody expected you guys to do well. I mean, that in the most respectful way possible. um But But but everyone seems surprised by, you know,
00:03:12
Speaker
the phrase they're playing decent football crops up a lot and you know is that true and how much of that you know would you would you trade to to I suppose be a few places higher up in in the table currently. Yeah it's kind of a double-edged sword that that question to be honest will because you know this season you know we've drawn six games I think only pallets have drawn more than us in the league so it shows that we've been competitive a lot of the fixtures you know games in which we haven't necessarily expected to get anything from like, you know, any Villa United and obviously our winners Spurs, we we play good football in those games, we are relatively competitive. it's But it's just the games against teams in the bottom half of the table, we're really not showing things, you know, but there's the argument of like, would you like to play, you know,
00:03:56
Speaker
rubbish out of 75% and then snake a few wins, or like we are, for the most part, being in in most of these games and then losing in a really heartbreaking fashion like we did again this past weekend and then, you know, only have one win on the board. So it's a difficult place to be. I am happy with our performances for the most part, but like you said, there's been moments for season when you'd like to, we should be a bit thorough at the table. We were so close to beating Leicester to get that first home win.
00:04:20
Speaker
this past weekend, we were also close to getting another win at home, so it's it's the fine margins. That's what I'm really finding in the Premier League. As Rob said, it's it's much harder, obviously, that goes without saying, but it's those small moments in which we've only slightly lost out on which sees us in 18th as opposed to us potentially being in 14th if a few more things went our way. Yeah, no, 100%. I mean, I think we've had a fair bit of that and you know, in terms of, I don't know if you guys are aware of the whole VAR decisions for and against like with with the team with the most against and I mean, you can only use that excuse, so you know, those fine margins so long before I think personally, you need to see some change. So I was just wondering, and
00:05:03
Speaker
You know, for us at Wolves being where we are in the table right now and we have a joint on points with nine points and you're sitting just just above us. O'Neill is under a hell of a lot of pressure. In fact, I don't know how he's still in the job. I just wanted to know what your thoughts are. Is that a similar situation with McKenna? Are you sure the thoughts are just different around that in general? No, I think McKenna has got more than enough credit in the bank.
00:05:32
Speaker
Yeah, I don't think he's ever going to be in danger. I think from the outside point of view, you probably will have to start asking the question at some point when it's how long does it stay on one whim for, but from our point of view that it's like Rob Edwards at Luton last year. He just knew it was never going to happen. There was enough credit in the bank from getting there in the first place. that Yeah. Like the only way we we know the only way we're going to lose him is because he steps up and gets a better job. He's he's never going to be forced away unless, again, unless it is like Rob Edwards at Luton and we go down and then we're at the danger of going down again, it would have to be something like that before it even becomes a consideration. So we're more scared that something like the United it or something like that will come and now be from us if we do go down. Yeah, I mean, you just mentioned there the possibility of unfortunately going down and then going down again. And just to give you guys a bit of context,
00:06:30
Speaker
when I first sort of started supporting Wolves, when I first got my ever-season ticket was, yeah, when we had that double relegation from a the Premier League down into League One. And it's been a sort of, you know, quite the rollercoaster since then, in terms of, you know, sitting on those cold Tuesday nights watching some of the worst football possible being played, but, you know, winning League One to then.
00:06:57
Speaker
you know, qualifying for Europe and having a good run in that and, you know, an FA Cup semi-final under Nuno, which I suppose from a neutral point of view, that's sort of what we're known for. And I think it would have been, yeah, the Nuno era when we've last faced Ipswich in the league, at least. I know you you actually beat us last year in the Cup.
00:07:22
Speaker
which I think was towards the start of O'Neill's era and I think you know this game coming up on Saturday could well be the end of O'Neill's era so yeah just just looking towards Saturday then I'm just going to briefly look over now. We've got this thing here at Daily Wars, which I introduced Chris to on our team not so long back. however And it's it's not been proven wrong just yet. But I don't know if you guys know Google has a win probability feature.
00:07:58
Speaker
for games and for this one it is telling me that we have a 50% chance of winning with an Ipswich win at 25 and a draw at 25 so obviously with that in mind you know how confident are or aren't you guys looking ahead towards Saturday?
00:08:18
Speaker
I think to be honest, looking at that probability thing, that is the only reason you've got 25% more than us is purely because you're at home. If you look at points and everything like that and how we've both been playing this season, it is very much equal. Like it it really is. I really went away this season was away. So, you know, that's, that's something to take into. I've i've actually found recently that our performances at home have been a lot worse than it had been away. I don't know. It's just because there's less, there's less pressure when you're on the road. It's kind of asking us against the world mentality, which I think that's, that's always a good thing to adopt.
00:08:47
Speaker
But yeah, i we've got to go into this weekend thinking we could win. This is one of the few games we we can potentially do that on paper. I've said earlier on the show today that our worst performances have been against side. We could realistically get something against and maybe slightly expect to. So that's what I'm slightly wary of going into Saturday's game.
00:09:05
Speaker
But, you know, both of us as fans of Wolves and Town, we notice we we know we need to start grabbing three points instead of the occasional one. And this is one of us, so I've got to go into it this weekend. I don't know about you, Rob, with a point of view that we can win this. Yeah, this must win is a term that is thrown around a lot in these sort of games. oh No doubt, obviously, by us a lot of the time.
00:09:29
Speaker
particularly with the games we've had this week as well, which we then haven't won. But this is the definition of must win because the draw suits neither of us. yeah Quite frankly, if we get draw here, that just it does is open the opportunity for ah ah your Palaces, your Leices, and all those sort of teams. It gives them a chance to go and build a bit of a gap because we've taken points off each other and it could end up just screwing us both over if the game finishes levels. what It can't be one of those boring games where both teams turn up scared to lose and it finishes a nil nil or something like that. We can't, it it needs to be two teams go and completely out there trying to win the game on all weeks. I could say because normally I go into these sort of games and I say as the away team, as long as you don't lose, you've done your job in these big games. But I'm going to completely against everything I've said in that as I would be really disappointed with anything except to win just because like I say,
00:10:25
Speaker
The draw is near enough as bad as, like a draw helps us in terms of, walls don't gain points on us. But it's all we're doing is effectively dragging each other down with us and just basically trying to nail on that bottom three as it is at the moment if one of us doesn't go. You need, you're almost sort of fighting for your life and just sort of get us out. Don't worry about them, Res. You always, at the same time, we are trying to like, you're trying to claw them back down with you, but like I say, it has to be a win, simply.
00:10:54
Speaker
Yeah, no, and it's funny you should mention that the the idea of a draw benefits no one. Because those were my thoughts against our game against West Ham that we've just come out of, which, you know, dubbed El Sakiko. And both both managers have kept their jobs somehow. and But it did feel, you know, I alluded to earlier, every game right now is a must win.
00:11:19
Speaker
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00:12:02
Speaker
And now it's time for you two to learn more about Wolf's start to the season and what I think he's going to cost us effectively ah ah on on Saturday. And by that, as you can tell, i'm I'm not confident. I'm really not confident.
00:12:20
Speaker
I mean you spoke at the start about how clinical and concise you have to be and in the Premier League and going forwards that's not an issue for us. Our trouble has just been conceding goals like there's no tomorrow. I think we've conceded 38 or 39 so far this season and I about 15 or something like that of those have been from set pieces which is just ridiculous so you know spoke about having the home advantage
00:12:55
Speaker
But whether it's been home or the way we've been scoring goals, you know the game that springs to mind is I think we lost 5-2 away to Brentford and Rob as you mentioned there you know if you go into that and you think as the away team you don't lose then you've done a good job. By that same logic as an away team if you're strikers are scoring two goals yet you're not even getting a point you've done a bad job I think and that's been the same for us
00:13:27
Speaker
we've been at home and lately what's worrying is those goals have dried up a little bit. I mean we beat Fulham 4-1 but since then we only grabbed 1 against West Ham and got hammered 4-0 away to Everton which is frankly embarrassing and um I know I know you guys you've got some big players I mean Dilapis brings to mind I can just picture it you know a sort of late corner a late sort of free kick just lumped into the box and we're shaky we're shaky and yeah I mean
00:14:03
Speaker
I don't know what you guys, I don't know what your what your thoughts on walls so far, this is from what you've seen at least, or or based on on what I've said, you know, and where do you think that we could potentially caused cause you issues? Yeah, it's the opposite of what you said, basically, that your problem is letting goals in. And but the thing is, you also score a lot of goals. So so just having a quick glance at the table, you've scored more goals and the likes of forest and villa who are right up the top of the table. yeah yeah you haven't got You know where the net is and we we tend to we haven't conceded as many goals as some of the other teams around us but we tend to give a lot of opportunities away from mistakes and people with the quality of, I mean obviously Cooney is the obvious one, if you give someone like him half a chance and a mistake he's going to take it and I look at Palace the other week that
00:14:59
Speaker
that was a one of the dullest games I've seen for a long time destined to be nil-nil. We made one mistake and the so but it was we get we gave that mistake and it created a chance for someone with enough quality as Mateta who took it and scored. And that's my worry again that walls again and have that players that if we make those sort of mistakes, it could be a dry nil-nil game and we'll gift a goal again. It's even more so we gifted the first one back to Bournemouth and then got under the cost. that we've We've got mistakes in us and like you say, you know where the goal is. It might have dried up a bit recently, but the way its yeah way to get out of that sometimes is to get one handed on a plate here, which we seem to have a really horrible habit of doing for our opponents. That's my fear. Tom, do you have anything to add to that?
00:15:48
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, I'll stop i'll just say here, guys, I know we're both nice, but let's like we're we're still in the prem. Come on, that's a complete negative hour here. But no, I mean, I'm looking at from looking at walls across across the season. Yeah, you know, obviously, yeah goals, concealing goals has been a big issue. But I think individually, like if you look at player for player, I know, yeah, the lights have to lap has been fantastic for us this season, then fingers crossed we can hold on to regardless of where we finish this season. But you know the lacks of kunyva I'm a big fan of Nate Norrie as well. I think he's a fantastic player. I think, you know, if you do go down along alongside our left back as well on Leif Davis, I think those two guys, whether they'll be in the prem or some or somewhere else next season, he's a fantastic player. i could I could see him even in the French squad at some point as well. So there's quality across the park there. I just think
00:16:33
Speaker
From our perspective, you know, you said that you could see us scoring a late set-piece goal. I don't think we've scored from a corner all season. so you should and I was going to say that. Yeah, I was going to bring up the only team in the league to have not scored a headed goal. to school Well, look, now is your chance and I can't stress this enough. If you haven't scored one already, you are going to. I we've already played Man United though. They're the other ones up there with you who can't defend if we didn't score one against Man United.
00:17:03
Speaker
The one thing I would say, I mean, there's two things. First of all, I've said this about a few of our games so far this season. And if you're saying that you give opportunities away, again, I think you've met your match because so do we. And not so much direct opportunities. I mean, there's been a few in recent weeks with Dawson yeah ended up getting dropped just due to sloppy performances, which, you know, when that's your best defender and that's the form they're on, it sort of paints a picture for you of how things are going.
00:17:36
Speaker
but I've been quite critical and Tom I'm sorry to could continue down this sort of route of negativity but it's a it's a Daily Wolves podcast and I'm on it so it's you know it's not going to be sunshine and rainbows unfortunately but a lot of the games you know even if I was just watching as a neutral
00:17:58
Speaker
apart from the likes of Kunia who of course everybody mentions and rightly so because it's a sort of it seems to be you know if you stop him you stop wolves at times but apart apart from him and one or two moments of you know just obscene skill The games have lacked quality and just appear to be just a match of two teams who just can't defend, just simply don't know how to defend. And that's that's what's cost us so much so so far. So if if you if you saying that
00:18:34
Speaker
think that you'll give away chances. I can't imagine this being a boring game, is funny because going back a few weeks, I suppose, as you guys have both mentioned, youve you've drawn a lot of games so far this season. I would have killed for that. I would have killed for just, you know, a boring one or two or in a couple of our past fixtures, if not all of them. But now it's getting to that period where, as we've both mentioned, um we need We just, we need to be going at it. We we really do. And I mean, Tom, you mentioned there, Cunha and Ait Nourvi, obviously probably our two most skillful players. And I'm glad that Ait Nourvi got to mention, because people, neutrals outside of Wolves often overlook him. And he is one of the silkiest footballers I've i've ever watched.
00:19:28
Speaker
But is there any anyone in particular, is there any anything in terms of a man-to-man thing that you can see being an issue for for us, for Wolves? Is there anyone who we should be wary of apart from just whenever there's a set piece? Yeah. mean, from our prop from our perspective going forward, you know, we like Rob said, we have struggled to score a fair few this season. I think looking at just how you guys recently lined up with, you know, three-five-two, is that?
00:19:58
Speaker
how it generally is or? Yeah, it chops and changes. Three, four, two, one. It just depends what side, what the guaranteed is that it's going to be Cunhae and Strandalas and there's a two up front. Well, I say that. It just depends what side of bed Gary gets out of in the morning when he spins the wheel for his team sheet. So, yeah.
00:20:18
Speaker
Right, okay. I mean, for us, our front three behind the lap kind of does change on a weekly basis. it's Hard for us to really predict. You know, we've had a few injuries and never start the season like Todd Bennett, who we got from Luton, who I thought would have been that solid right side of the field if the season went on. Because I think him against site Laurie would have been the battle going into this weekend because he's a really strong player. It does seem to be the kind of thing we say a lot of time when we speak to our colleagues at different podcasts is that Because our our left side, I think, is our strongest part of the field with the likes of Leif Davis, who's one of the best left backs of the Premier League, in my opinion, as well as Sam Schmonix out in the left. He does sometimes drift in.
00:20:52
Speaker
But then again, from your perspective with Eint Nouri and Kunja kind of being the left side, it's the same as well. So it really, for me, it's whichever side of that pitch can get controlled the game the most is what's going to win, hopefully win a game for one of us. Yeah, either there or if you look at the middle of the park, I'm really impressed recently with Jens Kiuszte, who we got online from Napoli this season. He's kind of come into the team and bullied Calvin Phillips out of that position.
00:21:13
Speaker
become a fan favorite. One player of the month for us as well, putting some reggae performances. He didn't start against Bournemouth last week. I don't know if that was just a fitness s thing or something else at play, but I'd like to see him back this week because I think considering the amount of width you guys have.
00:21:27
Speaker
And with him in the middle and then Amari Hutchinson potentially in front of him, that's somewhere we hopefully can capitalise as well. But it's it's really difficult to say when you know we've been this equal all season. it's I think it's going to be an individual or individuals who will be the difference maker rather than an overall team performance, to be honest, which is a lot through both allowed in all season, isn't it?
00:21:46
Speaker
yeah Yeah, and it's it's no real way to to sort of get anywhere over the course of the season. You can't rely on individual moments. But before we go into any more detail, I'd just like to give out a quick reminder that this podcast is part of the Global Sports Podcast Network, the only network bringing you exclusive daily news and views on your Premier League team.
00:22:06
Speaker
the Premier League, women's football and fantasy football. A unique listening experience that puts fans first, bringing you the very latest breaking news from your team. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and make us your first listen every day. Global Sports Podcast Network, every club, every day. But yeah, no, it's it's funny you should mention, like you said, the sort of individual moments that that we're both relying on and that could both cost us as well I imagine. I mean I don't know if you guys are aware but our goalkeeper seems to be chopping and changing.
00:22:42
Speaker
and we we It's a long old story but we signed Sam Johnston for 10 million despite being told that we had no money to spend and not bringing in a centre back that we needed for him to play a few games and then get dropped and then have a falling out with O'Neal apparently and then he played against West Ham and there was no Saar in the squad at all so it's a weird one but the one thing I did just want to pick up on Tom because it leads me nicely onto my next question for you guys is you mentioned and it's stuck out for me you said how we even we have been so far this season now
00:23:22
Speaker
I don't know if I'm correct in saying this but as a newly promoted side I would imagine that you know, if if you knew that you'd be saying that you'd been even with Wolves so far this season, who... I don't want to say we're an established Premier League team now, but we've been here for six, seven years since we got promoted. You know, what sort of atmosphere is there around Ipswich right now? Because from a Wolves point of view, the fact that we're, you know,
00:23:54
Speaker
So even with teams in the relegation zone and we're one of them, obviously coming from where where we've come from, from Europe a couple of seasons ago to this, there's a really, really sour and potentially toxic vibe around the club at times. So I just want to know if that's, you know, obviously I can't imagine it'll be the same, but just what is the feeling? Are you guys just yet enjoying the Premier League or are the results going against you starting to sort of drag you down a little bit?
00:24:23
Speaker
Well, I think that initial sort of, like you said, enjoyment of being back after 20 years in the Premier League, that has inevitably faded away, even if results were going all the way. I think that's sort of, oh my God, we're here kind of vibe. That eventually goes, the honeymoon phase, shall we call it. But, you know, ahead of the season, myself and Rob, we both predicted town to stay up, but just in the 17th position. So in terms of where we are on the table, I don't want to say I'm more than happy, but I'm more than expectant of what they're aware about, what we're supposed to be. It's just, you know.
00:24:51
Speaker
Yeah, yeah, exactly. You know, I mean, I don't want to be 18th come mid-May or whenever the season finishes, of course. But, you know, we I expect us to be in a relegation fight and we're in one. But, you know, we're not in, if you look at the table, and we're not, either of us, and I'm happy about this, we're not like Southampton, where I feel like our victory has already been written, to be honest. There's definitely a fighting chance of both sides here, which is why this game is so important on the weekend. But yeah, it's,
00:25:14
Speaker
It's starting to get a bit hairy, but I'd rather be doing this than, you know, I said many times two years ago we on a Tuesday night, we are playing more and more, something like that in a cold, almost empty Portland road. So these sort of games, you know, yes, for not going our way. But as I said earlier, we are playing some decent football and I'd like to think hopefully that can turn around and I'd rather be playing these games and potentially thinking, Oh my God, we're going to get really relegated from the Premier League then.
00:25:39
Speaker
back in those league one horrible days because they really weren't good. But yeah, Rob, do you do you echo that or are you a bit more, I know from the team, you're a bit sometimes a bit more negative, shall I say. but yeah oh Yeah. Yeah. Where you are you at? That's something i'm I'm trying to get better at, I think, because I have this' been been moaning and getting annoyed to the results. But I saw it on Twitter the other day, so someone saying like,
00:26:06
Speaker
let's put things into perspective like you've just done there that compare that. And I i do need to sort of, I'm in danger of it coming to the end of the season if we do go down and having not made the most of it, and casual you it could be a one and done season. And for all we know, like we could go down and not come back for 20 years again. I feel like I've suddenly sort of realized I've not been making the most of it. So I'm trying to improve on that and just try and pick the positives out where I can, but that's only sort of been as of the last week or so, so I've sort of had that epiphany and realised I need to start doing it. But the last couple of weeks, I've just been disappointed at everything. But trying to fit pick I'm trying to look for those horrible stats that people go out on Twitter now and just there hope they're about other teams. that So I was like, so I'm having five points. No team on five points after 15 games has ever stayed up. So I was like, all right, that's one down. On position gone. I was going to say there was 48 goals in. No team who's left 35 goals in at this point in the season.
00:27:03
Speaker
I mean, 35, 36 goals. or something and Every team who's let that many in has gone down. So I was like, right, bang, one position to play for. We've got a chance again. The of beats itself. Wolves and Southampton are gone. So we wear so be it's all right for us. so you The wall with a Daily Wolves fans are going to hate me for that. but oh No, I dare say that they'll probably somewhat just agree with you. There seems to be an ever-growing sense of concern and and then some, you know, and it's it's funny because you you mentioned the sort of different perspectives that we're both coming from and, you know, you talk about those league one days and I remember it also so well as I as i mentioned.
00:27:45
Speaker
you know and then when we were in your position I remember when we first came up I was thinking yeah just stay up just stay up I don't care just stay up and then we yeah and then we qualified for Europe in that season which was just obscene and that's why now there's such a sense of negativity and it's getting really toxic the way we've been dragged down purely by our owners which I'm sure you know most Wolves fans are in agreement on. But you mentioned there, guys, that was it 22 years since you were last in the firm? Well, leads me very nicely onto my fun fact that I was going to give you just before I asked for score predictions, which is the fact that um this is the first ever Premier League meeting between Wolves and Ipswich. the Traktor boys have won six of the last seven top flight games
00:28:44
Speaker
and between the sides, obviously, before it became the Premier League. So just on that note, Rob, can I get your score prediction for for Saturday? This is tough because I've got two different answers. I've got head and and just pure hope answer. Yeah. Because if I'm being but obviously the hope side of things that I want us to go in and put out a statement before and sort of 2-0 or 3-1s or something like that, like of goals in there, that sort of performance. Strange things have happened. yeah Yeah, that's the thing as well. as I think it will be, if we're going to win, I think it will be a statement performance because from what I've seen, and not even just this season and sort of last season, the world the way we won games, I honestly don't think we have that sort of, trying to think of a word I can say on the podcast, S House, 1-0 performance in us.
00:29:41
Speaker
Yeah, on I truly don't think we have that in the locker. It's a girl, especially in the what's going to these away games. I don't think we will go and grind out and like the sort of game for us done over us the other week where we go and we focus on the clean sheet and we make that goal. We protect it. i I don't think that's in our DNA for the way we play. And so when we try and do it, it doesn't work. But I don't. And the sort of in this sort of massive must win game is the sort of performance you need to come in and do is in a wayside I think and I don't think we have in the locker so the hope is like a big statement like 3-1 like I said we both league chances but if I'm being completely honest and go what my head says I think we're both I think we're both going to walk away extremely disappointed at a drab 1-1 drill Tom do you well which which which sort of prediction do you sort of find yourself leaning more towards
00:30:35
Speaker
Well, under Kieran McKenna, and Rob, you can tell me if I'm wrong here. I believe this is the case. We've never lost four in a row. So we're currently standing on the precipice of that. This season, obviously, it's the first one. I think we've lost three in a row. Obviously, seen the League One and Championship Games, that never really took place.
00:30:49
Speaker
So, you know, that's something that's very much in my head going into Saturday. I am a bit more confident because, you know, as I said earlier, I kind of have to be. These are results where I'd like to see if we can get something from that hasn't really happened all season. To be honest, we've got points against sides we necessarily shouldn't have on paper.
00:31:07
Speaker
that's the thing I'm slightly wary of. But I think it's good to get away from Portland Road, in all honesty, just for this week. I i said, ahead of the our back-to-back home games, I'm not a big fan of fan of them, to be honest, because you can get a bit more comfortable, and black today is cool. I think if we had another one this weekend, it could have been the case as well, and remind us of the ghosts that haunted us at home recently. So I think it's good to get away, and the players just to kind of look themselves in the mirror a bit, and being that minority millennial on the weekend, and just focus on the game rather than the many fans. There'll be less fans having a go at them, for sure.
00:31:37
Speaker
So my prediction, I'm going to go 3-1 town. That's a crazy one I know. I'm a bit more outlandish with our predictions than Rob is, as our listeners will know. And I think as Rob said, we can't grind out a an S-house 1-0. Very well put, Robin. And I don't see it ever being the case of us. You know, the the win at Spurs wasn't that. It was a 2-0 lead before we, again, we did have to hold them, but we were going all out of attack even when we were 1-0 up against a quite unquote top six side. So I think even against you guys, I don't see that being the case if you do grab an early goal. And there's a lot of players I'd like to see hopefully
00:32:16
Speaker
put in a good performance this weekend, especially Dilap's been, I know he's obviously caught the eye of many fans on the outside this season, but recently, since that, I was going to be honest, hasn't really managed to find the back of a net, I believe. So I'd like to sit hope to see him get back on the goals this weekend and get us up to back, keep us in 18th and get us on 12 points as we leave the Midlands on Saturday evening. What you've seen yeah everyone is the difference between me and Tom.
00:32:41
Speaker
you okay know We've both had 3-1 come to mind as a sort of result we'd like. The difference is, Tom, as the most positive one of the four of us on our pod has stuck with it and said 3-1, and me as the most negative of the four has gone, I want a sort of 3-1 statement performance because we need one, but it's probably going to be a rubbish game and finish 1-1. I did predict to close to Bournemouth last week to fair. I did go for a loss, and it did happen, unfortunately. It's been known to happen.
00:33:10
Speaker
Rob, you appear to be the me of daily Ipswich because that's my job. Just giving people a reality check perhaps or ah ah i just completely being pessimistic and speaking of which, no I'm going to... going to a I'm going to be you know well come on like ah ah glass hole half full and also empty and I'm going to predict what neither of of us want. I see it being a draw purely because I can't can't bring myself to predict us losing at home to a newly promoted team even though that could well happen.
00:33:49
Speaker
But I do also predict there being goals. So I'm going for a two-wall drawer. We're simply not going to keep a clean sheet. But at the same time, we do have that quality to capitalise on on your potential defensive errors. And with that, guys, um it concludes today's crossover episode. So thank you both for joining. And I'm going to close with, and I apologise to the Ipswich,
00:34:17
Speaker
listeners, I'm going to close with our sort of catchphrase that's attached itself to our Daily Wolves podcast, which is out of darkness, come a flight. Thank you.